The Combed Desert No. 1 — satellite art print of Kalahari Desert, Botswana, captured 2026-07-06

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The Combed Desert No. 1

Kalahari Desert, Botswana

-21.33, 20.18 · Captured 2026-07-06

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On 6 July 2026, the Sentinel-2 satellite looked down on the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, where wind has combed the red sand into long, perfectly parallel linear dunes running for kilometres across the basin — one of the most regular large-scale patterns found anywhere on land.